Reflections
£5.00
A debut collection of personal and political poems from a working-class, Irish writer, which explore themes of identity, memory and family with tenderness and insight, tinged with melancholy and humour. The range of subjects is large, but the focus is always on people and human relationships, with each other and with the world around us.
Reflections by Michael O’Sullivan, ISBN 9781918132182, £5.
Many of O’Sullivan’s poems are reminiscences on a working-class upbringing in Birmingham, seamed with aspects of his Irish ancestry. His eye for everyday details, including brand names of comestibles, recalls the social documents of Richard Hoggart, Iain Sinclair, and David Kynaston.
This is a notable first collection: O’Sullivan’s verse is conversational yet rhythmic and cadent, descriptively rich, coloured with colloquialisms and glowing with nostalgia.
Reflections by Michael O’Sullivan, ISBN 9781918132182, £5Â
